Can Canadian Politics Ever Be More Than Just A 17th Century Puppet Show?
You often hear the term “Punch and Judy” politics. For those unfamiliar with the term, Punch and Judy is a singularly nasty and violent puppet show which became popular in…
2012
what are you doing next saturday night? join the discussion: "can we stop the harper agenda?" featuring brigette depape
On Saturday, May 26, Brigette DePape, the former parliamentary page who disrupted the 2011 Throne Speech, will speak on a panel discussing how we can make her two-word protest a…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, May 18, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, May 18, 2012: More Than Half of Employment Bias Plaintiffs in Amer. Bar Foundation Study Deemed Their…
More on “Labour Shortages”
Here are the most recent Statscan job vacancy data by province. There were six unemployed workers for every reported job vacancy in Canada in the three months ending in January,…
Why Canadians celebrate Queen Victoria’s birthday
Here in Canada we celebrate Queen Victoria’s birthday, and it is known as Victoria Day. Why? She has been dead for more than 110 years, and our current Queen has…
Unfortunate admission on detention
R. v. Pelech, 2012 ABCA 134: " At about 2:00 a.m. on December 6, 2009, an Edmonton police officer noticed a Jeep leaving the parking lot…
Inflation On Target; Exchange Rate Off Target
Today, Statistics Canada reported an annual inflation rate of 2%, precisely in line with the Bank of Canada’s target. With inflation under control and renewed risks to the global economy,…
CBC: Koodo allows mentally disabled youth to incur $8000 in "premium" text fees
This video provides a great example of why we need strong, citizen-centric rules to protect cell phone users (including people with disabilities). read more
Peterborough Forum – Poverty kills more than cancer
Poverty kills more people than cancer according to Dennis Howlett, Executive Director of Canadians for Tax Fairness. Speaking Thursday night at the Peterborough health care forum organized by the Ontario…
The Triumph Of The Sociopaths
Jeffrey Simpson writes that the Harper government should rename the Correctional Service of Canada. He suggests that it now be called Punishment Canada: Just when you think this government’s criminal…
Politics and Blogging – It’s All About Relationships
So, a little while ago I wrote a post for the good people over at Shareaholic. Below is an excerpt from the post, follow the link below to read the…
avaaz petition: new plan to save the planet
Avaaz has a new petition out, which they’re calling “a new plan to save the planet”. I’m more than a tad skeptical about Avaaz petitions, but it only takes a…
Thirty Minutes To Change Your World
The Spring of Sustainability is a three-month series of events that allows callers to interact directly with world-class visionaries by phone or webcast, for free. Since the end of March,…
Mulcair Blowing It
Plenty of time for recovery, a tactical retreat- followed by more nuanced and diplomatic language- but make no mistake Mulcair is BLOWING it on the “dutch disease” file. My friend…
Flipping thru Friday.
– Regarding this story, Harper and the Conservatives would never be so blatantly obvious in firing the independent Parliamentary Budget Officer. They’ll simply not renew his mandate when it runs…
Redford on Mulcair
A popular, recently re-elected Redford speaks in a manner that is non-partisan, clear and likable on the dust-up that has escalated this week over Mulcair’s “Dutch Disease” comments. Contrast it…
Progress
In Grade 10 I read The Chrysalids, a John Wyndham science fiction that starts out describing an agrarian culture where they talk of God-like old people who could move the…
A "Gaffe", Eh?
The New Democrats (36%) have moved into a narrow national lead over the Conservatives (32%). Liberals trail with 19 percent. Green support stand at seven percent support and the BQ…
Deny, Deny. Deny
In the strange parallel world inhabited by Toronto Police chief Bill Blair, that seems to be the rule governing administrative oversight. When confronted with an authoritative and damning report on…